Bill Cotterell: Florida election oddity: the three-pack shuffle

5:51 PM,
Oct. 3, 2012

Bill Cotterell

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Bill Cotterell
Florida Voices

The Florida Democratic Party is so eager to re-elect three state House members from Broward, Palm Beach and Duval counties that it's sending a mass mailing to voters in distant Osceola and Polk counties, warning about a Republican who already has quit his race.

Two-term Rep. Mike Horner, R-Kissimmee, looked like a sure bet to beat Democrat Eileen Game of Frostproof until late last week. That's when his name turned up in the investigation of a suspected prostitution business. Horner withdrew as a candidate and, on Saturday, Republican Party officers picked a substitute nominee, Michael ...